Heads Up! VSA 5.1 Upgrade Issues
For those of you who are already using VSA 1.0, and are considering an upgrade to VSA 5.1, the following information will be of interest to you. First off, read the documentation very carefully. If you...
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VSA Cluster Service Considerations
Some changes have been made to the VSA Cluster Service in version 5.1. Previously, the VSA Cluster Service was installed on the vCenter Server – there was no way to decouple it. However in VSA 5.1, the...
View ArticleHeads Up! If running VSA 5.1, you do not need VSA 5.1.1
Folks, This is currently not very clear in the release notes, but if you are already running vSphere Storage Appliance (VSA) version 5.1, you do not need to update to VSA 5.1.1. This is not needed, nor...
View ArticleHeads Up! VSA Manager 5.1.x – Install Error 2896: Executing action failed
I was asked recently to provide some assistance with a VSA installation problem. The issue which this person experienced is described in the release notes for VSA 5.1.1 . VSA 5.1.1 installation fails...
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Heads Up! VSA Physical Switch Connectivity Check
I’ve been working with my colleague, Rawlinson Rivera, on documenting a few features around VSA deployments. Rawlinson is currently working on a new feature of VSA 5.1 called brownfield install, which...
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Heads Up! VSA & Quad Port NIC Support
There was a recent discussion on the forums around the supportability of quad port NICs when deploying the vSphere Storage Appliance. There is an error thrown by the installer when the ESXi host only...
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Where are they now? Recent changes in the storage space
The storage space has been a very exciting space over recent years. There have been so many new start-ups and new innovations, that it becomes difficult to keep track sometimes. More recently, there...
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